Alberto Dines in 2010
© José Cruz/ABr

Brazilian author, journalist and noted Zweig biographer Alberto Dines has died at age 86 in São Paolo, Brazil.

Former editor-in-chief for the Brazilian newspaper Jornal do Brasil, Dines was also the first President of Casa Stefan Zweig – a museum in Petrópolis, Brazil dedicated to the memory of Zweig and located in the house where the Austrian author spent his final years.